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AMEX Massively Devalues The Business Centurion Black Card
The AMEX Centurion card, colloquially known as the Black card, is the most feature-laden card out there.
But it’s a shadow of what it used...
Finnair Is The Latest Avios Currency To Devalue; NYC To Hawaii Is Now Cheaper Than NYC To Cleveland
British Airways and Iberia devalued their Avios in July. Qatar devalued its Avios in August.
And now, Finnair has devalued its Avios, despite the program...
Hertz Just Keeps On Devaluing, But Daily Getaways Purchasers May Be In Luck!
Hertz may just be the most unethical company on Earth. They have a long history of no-notice changes, but the latest takes the cake.
...
BRUTAL! The End Of Avios Bargains: Qatar Devalues AA/Alaska Award Chart By As Much As 64%!
It's devaluation season at mileage programs.
Qatar Airways has provided an absurdly good award chart for AA and Alaska flights ever since they joined the...
Avianca Lifemiles Devaluation: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly On Dozens Of Routes
Lifemiles and Air Canada are good options for booking Star Alliance award tickets for less than United charges.
However Lifemiles no longer publishes an award...
[Updated Massively Devalued Chart] Flying Blue Bargains: Here Is How Many Air France/KLM Flying Blue Points You’ll Need For Every El Al Route To...
Update, 7/23: As predicted yesterday, the rates were too wonky to be correct and you should take advantage while you could. Most rates have...
OUCH! British Airways Avios Massively Devalues Partner Award Pricing Without Warning For The 2nd Time In Half A Year, Here Is The New Hidden...
British Airways launched the Avios program in 2011 and it provided a great value for short-haul flights.
Unfortunately, awards have been devalued several times since...
BRUTAL: Flying Blue And Virgin Atlantic Devalue Redemptions On Delta Business Class To Europe
The partner mileage workaround
The party is over for using Flying Blue or Virgin Atlantic points to fly Delta business class to Europe.
Previously a one-way...
El Al Sets The Stage For Potential Matmid Status Devaluations And Removes Soft Landings, But Will Add Choice Benefit And Expanded Lifetime Status Program
This post was updated with information on the new lifetime status qualification program.
El Al did a major overhaul of their Matmid frequent flyer program...
Starbucks-Delta Mileage Earning Partnership Devalued
18 months ago, Delta and Starbucks teamed up to award 1 Delta mile per dollar spent on Starbucks purchases.
It wasn't much, but it stacked...
United Continues Devaluing Hidden Award Chart
Is anyone surprised?
Last April, United hired a new CEO of MileagePlus from Comcast with no airline experience.
What has happened since then is deplorable. The airline repeatedly ...
[Last Chance To Book Before Devaluation!] Step Right Up: ANA Is Next Star Alliance Program To Devalue
Update: This devaluation will go into effect at 11am ET tomorrow.
Say goodbye to the 88K round-trip or open jaw business class award to Europe,...
Ends Today! Last Chance To Book Wyndham Hotels Or Vacasa Homes Before Wyndham Devaluation
On Tuesday 3/26, Wyndham will be adjusting their award levels.
Hotels go for 7.5K, 15K, or 30K points per night and 3% of hotels will...
Last Chance To Lock In Old Rates, Rates Go Up 8:59am ET Tomorrow! Another Year, Another Rough Hyatt Devaluation, But At Least The Award...
Update: Today is your last chance to lock in old rates, new rates go into affect at 8:59am tomorrow!
Originally posted on 2/27:
Previous coverage:
Hyatt...
[Points Devalued, Remaining Sweet Spots] BRUTAL: Less Than 1 Week Left To Take Advantage Of Incredible Star Alliance Award Bargains Before Massive Turkish Devaluation!
Update, 2/15: The devalued award chart is now in effect. It's a brutal chart, but on the bright side, it's not charging extra for...
[Southwest Awards Now Require 86 Points Per Dollar Of Base Fare] Southwest Will Devalue Points Again Next Month, Here’s How Much
Update, 1/8/24: You now need to redeem 86 Southwest points per base dollar of airfare for award tickets. That's up from 60 in 2011,...
OUCH: British Airways Devalues Partner Award Pricing Without Warning, Here Is The New Hidden Award Chart
British Airways launched the Avios program in 2011 and it provided a great value for short-haul flights.
Unfortunately, awards have been devalued several times since...
[Less Than 2 Hours Left To Lock In Cheap Virgin Awards!] Act Fast: Virgin Massively Devalues Delta Partner Award Chart
Update 12/6: There are only have 2 hours left to lock in bargain Virgin fares! You can still lock in current rates by booking...
[Final Hours For Increased Offers, Now Earn Status Without Flying Or Spending] After Unprecedented Devaluation, Delta Releases Increased Business Credit Card Welcome Bonus Offers;...
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[Delta Details Partial Rollback Of Program Changes] OUCH! Here Are Delta’s Massive 2024 Skymiles Program And Sky Club Access Devaluations For Elites, AMEX Cardholders,...
Update, 10/18: Delta has made several changes, which were promised after an outcry from Delta elites over 2024 program changes.
Lowered MQD requirements:
If you...
OUCH! United’s Devaluation Continues: Saver Award Pricing Jumps To Central America, South America, Middle East, India, And More
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United MileagePlus’s Brand New Ex-Comcast CEO Wasted No Time In Devaluing Program, Which Awards Will You Book Before The Other Shoe Drops?
Last month, I wrote about United hiring Richard Nunn as the new CEO of MileagePlus, saying,
"He has no airline experience, but most recently worked...
[Update: Slight Improvements Made To Partner Award Pricing] United Devalues Awards, Including A Big Price Hike On Most Europe Awards; Here Is United’s Updated...
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[Program Now Live] JetBlue Revamps Mosaic Program With A Devaluation, More Benefits For All Members, And More Ways To Earn Status
Update, 5/10: The new program is now live and you can now select your new benefits and perks. Personally I think that if you're...
Hotels Devaluing Loyalty Programs? Hotels.com Says Hold My Beer
Marriott and Hyatt have devalued their points this year, but they have nothing on what Hotels.com is doing.
Currently, Hotels.com awards 1 stamp for each...
Alaska Devalues Award Travel On Japan Airlines Without Notice
Another week, another loss of an award sweet spot to Japan.
Last week, Virgin Atlantic increased the points needed for travel on ANA, without warning.
And...
JetBlue Devalues Travel Bank Credits Without Warning
When you cancel a non-basic economy JetBlue flight, the amount spent on the flight is credited to your JetBlue Travel Bank.
Until now, those funds...
[New Devalued Chart Released] Final Weeks To Book Lucrative Partner Airlines Awards With Etihad Miles Before New “Simplified Redemption Table” Goes Into Effect
Update, 3/7: Etihad has now published their new "simplified" award charts.
As I guessed might happen below, they are using the pricey new El...
[Final Day To Redeem Rewards Before Devaluation] Starbucks Devaluing Their Rewards Program, Yet Again
Update, 2/12/23: Today is the final day to redeem rewards before tomorrow's devaluation. The Wall Street Journal cites DansDeals for calculating just how much...
Delta Continues To Massively Devalue Partner Award Travel Rates
Delta took a short break from devaluing their miles while they devalued their elite status, increased elite status requirements, added club access timing rules,...
[Final Day For Bonuses On Transfers To Korean] Bonvoyed: Marriott Will Begin Devaluing Airline Mileage Transfers, Removing The Backstop Of Bonvoy Points Value
Update, 11/8: As predicted, Marriott continues to devalue this benefit. 11/30 will be the final day to earn a 5,000 mile bonus for every...
Reserve Today: Hertz Devaluing Gold Plus Rewards Points For The 2nd Time In 3 Years
Hertz devalued their points in 2019 without notice.
It appears that another devaluation is coming tomorrow, so you'll want to reserve your car now to...
[American Increases Peak Award Rate By 67%] Egregious Devaluation: United Business Class Everyday Award Pricing To Tel Aviv Is Nearing Delta Skypesos Absurdity
Update: American has increased their top business class peak rate between JFK-Tel Aviv from 180K miles to 300K miles. Luckily, they still have a...
Excellent Singapore Airlines Business Class Award Space Between JFK-Frankfurt Or Houston-Manchester; Book Before The Devaluation!
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Singapore Airlines Will Devalue Their Miles Next Month
Singapore Airlines is devaluing their miles once again. This comes after the airline incentivized mileage transfers over COVID by offering elite status.
When they devalued...
Ouch: Delta Massively Devalues Partner Award Travel To Israel
Delta has been massively devaluing partner award travel over the past couple years. Plus they added hefty mileage surcharges for close-in bookings and continued...
Hilton Stealth Devalues Award Rates At Several Properties
5 years ago, Hilton followed Delta in deleting their award chart. At the time they said it was not a devaluation as they would...
Ends Today? Will Marriott Travel Packages Prove To Be A Hedge Against The Upcoming Bonvoy Devaluation Or Will They Get Bonvoyed?
Before the brutal Marriott-Starwood merger, both companies offered lucrative redemptions for booking a hotel award and transferring points to miles at the same time.
Unfortunately,...
[Package Sales #Bonvoyed As Of Next Week] Marriott’s Latest Devaluations Means Travel Packages Are Much More Attractive
Update: Gary Leff reports that Marriott is discontinuing these travel packages. That's probably due to Marriott preparing to eliminate their award chart and hotel...
Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer AMEX Points Into (Newly Devalued) Flying Blue Miles; Roundup Of JFK To/From Tel Aviv Nonstop Flight Dates...
Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer AMEX Points Into (Newly Devalued) Flying Blue Miles; JFK To/From Tel Aviv Nonstop For 29.3K Points
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